I Hear A Call Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays459

I Hear A Call by Emmylou Harris is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: A D A E A    A D A E A 

A             D          A 
I hear a call now will I answer 
           D             A 
Forsake my own to serve another 
                D             F#m  D 
Though darkness falls stay a believer 
         A    D          E    A 
I hear a call now will I answer 
A             D          A 
I see a light now will I follow 
             D                    A 
Fill up this life that grows more hollow 
A        D                        F#m  D 
Make joy reside where there lives sorrow 
        A     D          E   A 
I see a light now will I follow 
         D                  A 
I hear a call from out of nowhere 
         D     A       E 
And from everywhere I go 
         A    D           E  A     A D A E A    A D A E A 
I hear a call now will I answer 
A              D          A 
I feel a touch now will I hold on 
              D                   A 
Be there with love for those with no one 
                D                    F#m D 
With a kindness such it lives though I'm gone 
         A     D           E    A 
I feel a touch now will I hold on 
         D                A 
I hear a call from out of nowhere 
         D     A      E 
And from everywhere I go 
        A     D          A 
I see a light now will I follow 
               D          A 
I feel a touch now will I hold on 
         A     D         E   A   A D A E A    A D A E A 
I hear a call now will I answer 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante